Be True

Chapter 19

3rd Person POV

Luke was waiting outside near a tree. It was an ordinary tree though Luke found it to be a beauty. While he was waiting for someone, he took out his Samsung Phone from his backpack and took a picture. From his small camera lens, it looked magnificent, and the picture had no filters. Luke looked at his photo and smiled. It was really nice. All it takes is a position and the proper amount of zoom and light.

"Beauty really can be found anywhere," he softly smiled to himself.

He heard some pants from behind him. It must've been his admirer.

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting! I got held back because of the crowd in the halls!"

Luke turned around and saw a boy who was out of breath, hands on his knees, back curved down.

Luke gave them a smile. "No problem."

He heard the boy mutter, "No wonder I fell for you..."

The tired boy looked up and gave a slight smirk. "Hey Luke."

The brunette boy was in a shock.

"It was you..?"

Zander's eyes seemed to dull.

"Yea...it was..."

"Well, um...thank you for the gifts. I really appreciate it. And um...to be honest...I'll...uh...I'll think about it. Yea. I'll give you an answer soon. I got to go," Luke responded in a hurry.

The drummer quickly left the spot, leaving Zander wondering in sadness.

Zander found his phone and called someone. He put it up to his ear.

"Hey Milly..."

Milly POV

I was walking out the school with Daisy, Lia, and Grace. Hailey would be with us but she was going to talk with Jake. I was surprised to be honest. They weren't necessarily a predictable couple but hey. I don't really care as long as they're both happy. They do seem happy so I won't really bother them that much.

Anyway, while us 4 girls were walking out the building, I got a ring on my phone. The caller ID was Zander, so I answered it.

"Hey Milly..."

Concern washed over me.
His voice became softer. "Can you walk with me today?"

"Sure Zan."

He hung up first, and I felt my face change with worry. But luckily, my friends didn't seem to notice because they were talking about future jobs or something along those lines.

I heard someone catching up to us, and they said, "Hey Milly!"

I turned around and it was my soft gardener, Elliot.

I gave a noticeably weak wave, but again, no one seemed to notice my feelings of worry.

The pink haired boy became side by side with me. "Are you free tonight? We could hang or some or do our homework together," he suggested.

Daisy nudged me in my arm. It was a light nudge but it seemed like it was really painful and hard.

I gave out a sigh. "Look, I really wish so, but I can't today."

His face seemed to drop, but then a grin crawled onto his face again. "Well then, okay! We could arrange a first real date instead of hanging out like friends then!"

I smiled back. "Thanks for the consideration," I said, thanking him with relief.

Daisy eyed me like I was some girl they didn't hang out with. Lia and Grace waved to us heading the opposite way, and Elliot waved to me rushing to his mom's car. I waved back to them.